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In a Mann Cup where coaches were suspended and controversy surrounded potential doping, there was a positive story that came out of the Peterborough Lakers 2012 Mann Cup victory. That positive was goaltender Mike Thompson, who came in and won the Lakers four straight games. The Lakers goalie had been Tyler Carlson when Peterborough lost the first two games of the series to the Langley Thunder. Thompson replaced Carlson midway through Game…

Two coaches were suspended, multiple other players were drug tested and one sprinkler system was abused by a frustrated goalkeeper while his counterpart was thrown into action just in time to salvage the series. The Mann Cup offered Canadian lacrosse fans countless story lines and subplots, but unfortunately the Tom Clancy-esque drama was beginning to overshadow what, surprisingly, was a stellar lacrosse series. Coming into the Mann Cup, few gave…

Game five of the Mann Cup was held Friday night. As a writer, when you’re asked to recap a game, you try to fit the key plays, highlighting the top players and turning points, while at the same time touching on the biggest storylines that game produced. With this in mind the question following game five was, where do we start? As fans began to enter the building, there was…